Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19
The Piiable Case Of Daisy Ls Masters, at
Martins Ferry.
YRAMpS THE STREETS FOR MONTHS
In a Persistent Search for the Object Of Her
Affections.
THE DETAILS OF The STORY.

awakened. among thinking people, unlver-
sal sympathy. This uncomfortable passion
exists in the bosom Of Miss Daisy lie Mas,
ters, and its object is, George Scott, a
well known Laughlin Mill mailer. 1t has
led Miss Le Masters to abandon friends and
all else, and she has become the butt o.
uncouth Jokes, jeers and taunts from dis.
solute young men and half grown boys
Daisy was born of respectable parents and
has q brother who now lives near the
Wheeling Creek Mills, west Of Bridgeport
When quite young she became an orphan,
and shifted for herself, working in
the capacity of a domestic. When
still a young girl she lived among
several families in Martins Ferry, and latei
accompanied q Wheeling Island family &c
Washington, d. c., where she remained
several years. During ali this time not 9
single ~reproachful word wa ever said
concering her character, and even TO the
present day her reputation as a virtuouf
woman remains unimpaired.
Last Fall, Miss lie Masters, APPETITE,
well-dressed, tidy young woman, obtained
employment in the clearinghouse of Mrs.
Walters, near the Laughlin Mill, and al
onee installed herself into the good graces
of the landlady and other members OF the
household by her quiet, u~nassuming ways
and general lady-like behavior. Mr..
Scott was a boarder at the Walter house,
and after q short time Daisy developed an
unmistakable fondness for him, which,
to the amusement of the other mem.
bers of the family, she displayed on all
occasions by special attentions to his
wants. His room was always better
kept than those of the other boarders,
and he was always sure of q double
portion of desert and other delicacies so
long as Daisy was permitted TO administer
to him. Scott was of rather q ioyial nature,
aud deemed the young lady's tumble into
the pit of love a great joke, and enjoyed it
fully as much as did the other members
of the household, little thinking that
Daisy would in time develope into an in
~corrigable loyeiac. But Daisy soon be-
came such a nuisance about the Walters
house that she was discharged, and
there her public career began. She would
call at Walters at all hours Of day and
night and ask for Mr.. Scott, until that
gentleman was forced to seek another
home. He then went to another boarding
house in Paull's addition, but in q few
weeks Daisy sought him out and insisted
on seeing" him, as she put it. She soon
disguised his new landlady, and Scott was
again forced to change quarters. Daisy
became a perfect case Of crank, and would
walk the town from one end To the other
in search of her loved one, who invariably
did his best to keep from her sight. On
several occasions she met him on the street
and always poured forth torrents of the
most endearing epithets, and insisted that
Mr.. Scott should only be known as a per
feet gentleman" and "a dear, kind, good
hearted man"
During last winter, on some of the cold
est and most disagreeable days, Daisy kept
up her incessant march through the streets,
half clad and shivering with cold, some
times continuing her wanderings till late
in the night. About this time the general
public got On to her case, and alter that
the small boys and tough Young men made
life for her q more miserable existence than
it had been, and forced Scott to keep in
doors as nearly a possible on Saturdays
and Sundays, those two days being her
tavorite chase days. At length it became
an intolerable nuisance, and her persistent
efforts to ''see" MIR. Scott made his lew
.landlady, Mrs. Boyd, of Fifth street, apply
to the Mayor to force her TO discontinue
her patrol in front Of Scott's boarding
house. Mayor Kellar had q talk with
Daisy, and informed her that she must
either stay off of Fifth street,
between Hanover and Walnut,
where Mrs. Royd's residence Is located,
or 20 to Jail. Daisy consented TO this, and
since that time has changed her beat.
She now walks up Fifth street to the Wal
nut Grove, and back down to Hanover,
down Hanover to Fourth, down Fourth
to Walnut, ont Walnut to the beginning OF
the Mt. Pleasant road. Back and forth
over this beat she will walk for hours,
catching q glimpse of Mr.. Scott's boarding
house at three or four points on the way.
About two weeks ago she walked this beat,
at least a half mile in length, nc less than
twenty times, carrying q bouquet Of roses
in her hand, which she wished to present Ia
Mr.. Scott. On last Sunday she followed
Mr.. Scott and a young lady on the street,
till Scott became angry and struck her in
the face. A few weeks before he struck
her similarly, but on both occasions when
interviewed by the officers abe declared
that such was not the case. Scott was,
however, fined S. for the first O~ffense, but
no complaint vas made the second time.
Daisy is q miserable sight, with her hair
hanging loose, and her face aud hands sun.
burned from the great amount OF exposure
they. have underwent. Everywhere che
goes, in Martins Ferry or 4Etnaville, she
is followed by crowds of boys who cry out
Mr.. Scott's name after her till she turns,
as she does every few minutes, and ha.
rangues them, again resuming her steady
walk. Her gait Is very rapid, and she
travels about as fast as most people would
care to run Daisy has q good, pleasant
face, except that it is marked with lines OF
care, and is much sun-burned. She has
Of late become very nervous, and becomes
very much agitated at times, especially
when any one says a harmful or disrespect-
ful word concerning Mr.. Scott in her pres.
ence.
On Tuesday evening her career reached
its climax, and Daisy was arrested by on
Ger Smith, for using profane language.
She was taken TO the Mayors Office, but
was not locked up on account Of the char
acter Of the prisoners already in Jail. Later
in the evening Postmaster James Y. Pat
terson came TO the Office and offered TO 20
her security, and she was taken charge Of
by Albert Welsh, who furnished her 0
place TO stop. While locked up in the
Mayors Office she insisted on seeing
her Scott, and could not be comfort
ed, or induced to believe that he did not
love hsr, and would not come TO her we'd
ding. 1t wa indeed a pitiful sight to see
her pacing the floor, alternating between
tears and groans, and begging to be re-
leased and 10 zee her Scott.
Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock she
was brought before Mayor Keller for trial
and upon Officer Smiths testimony was
fined s. aud costs, amounting 10 81. May
or Keller asked her II abe would be willing
to leave tsvn il he would remit her Rns.
che promptly answered that she would
not that Martins Ferry Was her home,
and that she did not propose TO be driven
away by a fine or i-mnrieoumeDt Tha case